NPPC seeks input on traceability standards

Oct 30, 2023

U.S. pork producers tasked the National Pork Producers Council with leading an effort to update the existing swine traceability system. NPPC is asking swine producers, veterinarians, cull swine and breeding operators and show pig enthusiasts to comment on the draft standards by Oct. 27.

In 2006, U.S. swine producers voluntarily adopted animal traceability standards to strengthen the ability to track animal movements with the goal of controlling the spread of animal diseases.

“Approximately 1 million pigs are in transit every day, giving diseases plenty of opportunities to spread,” Scott Hays, president and pork producer from Missouri, said in an NPPC news release. “With the growing threat of a foreign animal disease reaching the United States, the need to address gaps in our existing traceability system is important for our farms and our industry.”

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